#43: Amquft

This week, Dave and Gunnar talk about: robotics, public and not-so-public goods, and redesigning airlines.

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• Dave is glad he’s moving to US Airways: United Airlines drops Cleveland as hub airport
  • HT Cleveland expat James Labocki: Did Burke Lakefront Airport Miscalculations Add to Hopkins Hub Troubles in Cleveland?
  • Meanwhile: Delta’s 80’s In-Flight Safety Video
  • Almost related: Dave makes contingency plans for in-flight calling with DrumPants



• Risacher cited Hellekson’s Law twice at the Adobe Government event last week. Woo!


• Robotics fun: Team 2399‘s Epic Weekend!
  • This year’s challenge
  • Team 2399’s robot vision code on GitHub with OpenCV



• Ars rolls in with a telepresence robot


• Goldfish driving a robot car


• CFPB pull request of the week: I want RSS, you don’t have RSS, so here’s a patch enabling RSS on your website


• Comcast customer surprised to learn new router is also public hotspot


• Graph only Verizon FIOS here: Netflix ISP Speed Index
  • Netflix speeds are down. But don’t blame Verizon.
  • How Netflix and Google Could Lead the Fight For Net Neutrality



• NBC Olympic Coverage Is Killing Cord Cutters like Gunnar


• Dave is moderating a Red Hat Summit panel of Innovation Award finalists!


• HT Langdon White: Check out DevNation April 13-16 while at the Red Hat Summit!


• Red Hat and Hortonworks Deepen Strategic Alliance on Hadoop


• New by Dave: 2 questions to ask before diving into infrastructure-as-a-service


• RedHatGov on GitHub!


• British Airways RHEVs up private cloud
  • Try it yourself!



• Boarding pass redesign
  • More boarding pass redesign
  • Ticketmaster redesign



• Gunnar’s fitbit and stated vs. revealed preferences


• The Perfect Way to Hold a Hamburger, Proven by Science

Cutting Room Floor

• NSA-o-matic
• When not denouncing people in North Korea, try the State of the Union generator
• Postmodernism Generator
• Scott Pakin’s automatic complaint-letter generator
• Klingon valentines
• Evil Mad Scientist Valentines

We Give Thanks

• Dan Risacher for mentioning Hellekson’s Law!
• Langdon White for reminding us to talk about DevNation!